Been waiting for this

I love those black num proxies. What a game also

As a barad-dur enjoyer, my thoughts are that you got defeated in list building with this scenario, which is pretty typical with Barad-dur but especially so when its Bannermir MT on the grind and Gandalf's spellcasting on support. Think you need more ranged and magic in your list for options to threaten Gandalf or kill models that sandbag Sauron at an inopportune time. I could talk about the Troll too, but we all know if we get into list building this is going to be even more of a wall of text and I'd probably just end up copying what I posted on a previous video but bigger. A Fell Beast Witch-King or a Siege bow probably go towards the extra points. Barad-dur doesnt really scale well outside of getting more spellcasting, more knock downs and more trash 6 point meat on the board to get in the way. Diving into this game specifically: 1a) I think the scenario heavily favours MT against Mordor forces. This is a grinding scenario and Orcs are worse at grinding than MT Warriors even at a baseline. Barad-dur has half the number of heroes nowhere near as much Might to throw around to get heroic combats off and win position against the enemy. Even if Sauron doesnt die, he is an infinite pool of potential Wounds for the enemy to try to gain victory points from. 1b) Barad-dur really only has any kind of advantage in split objective and 'VIP' scenarios where you can snipe the VIP and force Sauron to be or at least bodyguard your VIP. In VIP scenarios you can force literally every model you have to die in service before your opponent can get to the VIP. 1c) In scenarios with split objectives, being able to deploy a mobile warband first and then Sauron far away can give you a chance to ditch half of the enemy warriors if they deploy opposite your cavalry - this tactic of doubling back with a warband turns into an uncontested objective (and still having the risk Sauron wining his 1v20 and getting larger hurls into tightly grouped enemies on the other side of the board) if the enemy doesnt position to respect it. 2) Even outside of split objectives, centre charging a battle line with Sauron is bait. I like the Compel into Hurl, thats basically your bread and butter after the cheap shots with Chill Soul are done. But you always want him on one side of the line because you want to limit the choice of enemy models to charge him and ideally only ever want to be fighting in one direction with a hurl or a heroic combat. If you kill the three models on the left, you get to walk closer to the right. If you kill three in the centre, any model from the left or right can try to tie him up and now he can only hurl through one model. Once the enemy has surrounded him, you are basically at the whims of Priority and Heroic Moves to decide if you get to fight where you want any more. So finding ways to press the enemy into a traditional battle line and limit their movement is to your benefit, sometimes even to the point you want to reroll to lose a combat with an orc so that the enemy do not shift back and rotate cleanly to block your cavalry or Sauron. 3) If magic resistance isnt on the enemy, you would want to sit back with Sauron and Chill Soul the heroes but when it is, you just have to try to get your hands dirty in melee. You still want to try to get your spells off consistently by staying around the edges of fights unless you see a really juicy dive opportunity though like if you could get a single model duel with a Hurl and charge into a prone hero. You just have to wait for that combo, and sometimes it never comes, which is why the above scenarios are so vital to exploit. 4) Your easiest target was the Bolt Thrower Veteran. You probably should have B-lined it to him with your cavalry and gone for the free Might point on your Marshal and tried for a heroic long bomb Lance charge off into Gandalf if he was on that side of the board you have to assassinate him or its just over. Most heroes tend to rotate away from Sauron when you pick a side of the fight, so you want to trick Gandalf to rotate towards where your lances are going to Heroic Combat off of. If you get EXTREMELY lucky, you take out Shadowfax before the lances hit and have him knocked down on the end of a lance... In reality, you probably get read, the Gandalf avoids any Hurls, only has to spend his Fate and survives the charge, so your Marshal likely rides to a glorious death at the hands of Glamdring or gets mobbed afterwards if he is lucky to survive. It is a chance to get rid of a huge problem piece so you have to take it, even if you utterly flub and die, your chances only go from like a 2/10 to a 1/10 vs potentially going from a 2 to a 6/10 of getting to do some real damage if the Istari is gone. BTW, I hope this isnt the last we see of Sauron on the channel. Maybe in a month, two, three we get a good showing for the big man.

Excellent something to have on while I pack for adepticon!

Love that Andrew left my hobbit impression in- complete with my belly hangin' out. Gotta lay off second breakfast. -S @44:07

Came trough facebook. Keep going👍

Sauron has 4 attacks too btw, you were only rolling 3..

No need for a shaman while using black nums as Frontline. Bring a secondary transfix instead.

Cant you still do the 2+ ring saves from banisment wounds?

-Troll +20orcs

Collecting the 500 subscriber award 😂

Well Sauron is 4 attacks so it can have a huge impact on the dice rolls

WHERE IS MY WELL!

Always bring swift reload!

Next time, tell your sick to go home and do the video, geeze! 😂

Yeah Sauron is worth 400 because he has 4 attacks and chill souls.. can basically take off 5 dudes a turn when capable